re: Aaron Brooks & John Carney to be inducted in the Saints HOF

quote:I'd say that's more of an indictment on our history of qbs rather than a feather in Brooks' cap. Not a HOF worthy player.

If Bobby's in there, he's there. And Bobby was/is a bigger a-hole than Aaron Brooks EVER was. I just figure some of y'all are too young to remember or would give him a free pass because he's from Cut Off.

re: Aaron Brooks & John Carney to be inducted in the Saints HOF(Posted by Cajunese on 5/20/14 at 11:37 am to BilJ)

quote:outdoing shitty predecessors doesn't really make you HOF worthy. Now with local HOFs sometimes guys just get in because they were beloved by the fans, obviously that isn't the case for AB either.

Like people have previously mentioned, if Hebert got in the HOF; Brooks deserves it too.

So in order to get into a team's HOF, you are graded on what, exactly? The rest of the history of the NFL? Or the history of that team?

him leading us to our first playoff win should really be enough. He brought excitement back after 10 years or terrible football. And that's not even getting into his statistics, which clearly make him the 2nd most prolific QB in our history

re: Aaron Brooks & John Carney to be inducted in the Saints HOF(Posted by Mr. Wayne on 5/20/14 at 12:08 pm to Gugich22)

Looks bad for anyone else in the Saints HoF, but I get the significance of winning the first playoff game ever for the franchise. Still think the team should have just gotten a section or something. He was a terrible QB for us mostly.

re: Aaron Brooks & John Carney to be inducted in the Saints HOF(Posted by pmacneworleans on 5/20/14 at 12:35 pm to Lester Earl)

Brooks was slightly above avg (and, either the 2nd or 3rd best qb in franchise history). I think why most people dislike him is the fact that Delhomme was the backup, and only got to play when Brooks was hurt. But, that's not an indictment of Brooks, that's on the coaching staff.

re: Aaron Brooks & John Carney to be inducted in the Saints HOF(Posted by mindbreaker on 5/20/14 at 1:28 pm to pmacneworleans)

I supported him up until the last two seasons. All the physical tools you could ask for in a QB and that's what made him above average. If he would have work ethic and mind of the greats the sky would have been the limit. Ultimately deserving he did some good things here.

I remember his first pass ever was an interception and his second a touchdown. That's how maddening his inconsistency could be